Jakob Kolletschka (24 July 1803, Biela (now
Bělá nad Svitavou),
Bohemia
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[SOA Zámrsk, Matrika narozených 1800-1835 v Bělé nad Svitavou, sign. M-17 2255, ukn. 80, p. 16. Available online] – 13 March 1847,
Vienna
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) was Professor of Forensic Medicine at
Vienna General Hospital
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in
Austria
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.
Jakob Kolletschka is mostly known for his death which eventually led
Ignaz Semmelweis
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (; ; 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865) was a Hungarian physician and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures and was described as the "saviour of mothers". Postpartum infections, ...
to his discovery of the
etiology
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of